Monday, 23 April 2018

Irish genealogy and history events, 23 April-6 May

Until 4 May:Irish Traveller Family Trees, an exhibition developed by Tony Hennessy MAGI and the Waterford Traveller Community Development Project. Eight large family trees are on display. Venue: Dungarvan Civic Offices, Davitt's Quay, Dungarvan, Co Waterford. Monday to Friday, 9:30am-4pm Free. All welcome.

Wednesday 25 April:RAF 100 – Early Operations in Ireland, a one-day conference to mark the centenary of the RAF in Northern Ireland. Host: Imperial War Museum. Venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 10am to 3:30pm. Free, but you need to register. Details.

Thursday 26 April:Practical Workshop – Using family and local history resources online. Host and venue: PRONI, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast. 11am to 1pm. Free but you need to register.

Saturday 5 May:Irish records. Host: Aberdeen and NES Family History Society, Moray/Banff group. Venue: Activities Room, Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, Scotland UK, IV30 1HS. 2–4. Free. All welcome.
Saturday 5 May:Irish Genealogical Research Society's Open Day and AGM. Includes two morning lectures, a light lunch followed by the AGM (all can attend but only IGRS members can vote). Two lectures – The Irish National Folklore Collection Online – an Untapped Resource for Genealogy, with Jill Williams, FIGRS, and The Registry of Deeds and the Progress in the Online Registry of Deeds Project, with Rosalind McCutcheon, Vice-President, FIGRS. Venue: Abbey Conference Centre, 34 Great Smith Street, London SW1, UK.Details.

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